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Table of Contents Chapter I Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Milesight VMS Lite Introduction .......................................................................................... 2 1.2 Key Features ....................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter II Installation ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 System Operating Environment ........................................................................................... 3 2.2 Installation Guide ............................................................................................................... 3 Chapter III Operations and Settings ................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Milesight VMS Lite ..................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Settings .............................................................................................................................. 6 3.2.1 Device Settings .......................................................................................................... 7 3.2.2 Search Device .......................................................................................................... 10 3.2.3 Alarm Settings......................................................................................................... 10 3.2.4 Record Settings ....................................................................................................... 12 3.2.5 Change .................................................................................................... 13 3.2.6 Local Settings .......................................................................................................... 13 3.3 File.................................................................................................................................... 13 3.4 Tool .................................................................................................................................. 14 3.5 Help .................................................................................................................................. 15 3.6 Toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 15 Chapter IV Live view ...................................................................................................................... 16 4.1 Device Tree Window ......................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Live toolbar....................................................................................................................... 18 4.3 Live view workspace ......................................................................................................... 18 4.4 PTZ control ....................................................................................................................... 19 Chapter V Playback ....................................................................................................................... 20 Chapter VI Map ............................................................................................................................. 23 6.1 Toolbar ............................................................................................................................. 23 6.2 Pop-up Menu .................................................................................................................... 24 6.3 Add the hot....................................................................................................................... 24 Chapter VII Service ........................................................................................................................ 26

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Chapter I Introduction 1.1 Milesight VMS Lite Introduction Milesight VMS Lite is a video management system that works with the IP cameras to provide video monitoring, recording setting and event management functions. It is a future-proof network video solution for up to 64 cameras. Adding new cameras to the system is easy. No extra charge of additional equipment needed. The interface is simple and intuitive, with easy access to the most common activities, such as viewing live video, searching through recordings and exporting videos and snapshots. Able to integrate with other devices through ONVIF. This manual describes how to use and manage the Milesight VMS Lite in your networking environment. Some knowledge of networking environments would be beneficial to the reader. Should you require any technical assistance, please contract authorized service center.

1.2 Key Features  1/ 2/ 4/ 6/ 8/9 / 13/ 16/ 20/24 /30 /36 / 49 /64 channels playing synchronously  Full screen for single or multiple channels  The original screen size can adjust to screen ratio of 16:9 and 4:3  Multiple play status display  Motion detection, alarm recording and image capture function  H.264/MJPEG/MPEG-4 video compression  dual-stream  multiple PTZ control protocols  ONVIF  Easy to install and use  Scalable and future-proof  add camera via P2P  pre-record for motion detection  custom time length for schedule record

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Chapter II Installation 2.1 System Operating Environment OS: Windows XP/7/Vista/Server 2000/Server 2008 U: 1.66GHZ or faster Memory: 1G MB or more Graphic memory: 128MB or more Internet protocol: T/IP

2.2 Installation Guide Run the Installation file and install the programs on your computer by following the on-screen instructions. After finishing installation, you will find the programs on the start menu or on the desk. Step1:

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Chapter III Operations and Settings 3.1 Milesight VMS Lite When Milesight VMS Lite, a window will pop up as below. There are two default names ’’ and ’viewer’. The ’’ has all operation rights, while the ’viewer’ has no rights to modify any settings but view the videos only. The default is ’’. If the [Auto ] is selected, Milesight VMS Lite will without keying in the name and next time.

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3.2 Settings The first time you Milesight VMS Lite, set the device first. Including search devices, add them to the live view window, set motion detections, set recording schedule, etc. Details are as below.

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3.2.1 Device Settings Click ‘Device Settings’ button, the pop out window is as below.

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1. Search Device

Stop/Rescan Select All Clear All Set OK Cancel

Figure 3.4 When searching the devices, you can stop it and rescan by clicking again. All the devices will be selected at a time. All the devices will be unchecked at a time. Enter the at a time. Click [OK] button to confirm the settings. Exit quit.

2. Add Device When the button is clicked, the window will show as below. You can add the device manually. 1) Through IP address you can add Milesight's devices and other devices ing ONVIF. 2) Through RTSP stream you can add devices ing RTSP. 3) Through P2P mode you can add devices ing P2P. Note: (1) Before you connect with P2P mode,you need to first,you can with Milesight(After you ,you need to restart camera). (2) P2P can only to play the second stream now. Note: Those with * options are required.

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3. Edit Device When the button is clicked, the window will show as below. Edit the information of the device.

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4. Delete Device Remove the device from Milesight VMS Lite. 5. Browsing Web Browse the web of the device.

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3.2.2 Search Device Please refer to 3.2.1 Device Settings->Search Device.

3.2.3 Alarm Settings Set the time schedule and the area to be monitored, the alarm will start automatically if any motion is detected in the set area. When the button is clicked, the window will show as below. Step1: Make sure you have selected the device and the [Enable] button is checked. Step2: Set the motion area to be monitored. Step3: Set the recording schedule time on the time table. Step4: Select a templet for each day. Step5: Click [Apply] or [OK] to confirm the settings. Step6: Repeat step 1 to 5 to set other devices. Note: [Capture Image]: How many images to be captured when alarm is triggered. [Record Video]:Pre Record refers to record the video before the alarm is triggered,Post record refers to record the video after the alarm is triggered. Change the length of each video file.(If this option is not checked, the camera will not recording ) [Play Audio]: Sound Alarm will be triggered when alarm is enabled. [The alarm still could be triggered even when there is no live view]: Alarm can be triggered even when the window of live view is closed.

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Set Motion Blocks When the button is clicked, the window will show as below. Do make sure the specific device and [Enable] button are both selected before setting motion blocks.

Figure 3.8 Select All Select all the area to be detected. Or draw certain areas by mouse. Clear All Clear all the area. Level Different levels to trigger alarm. Detection Interval How often to trigger alarm.

Set Time Templet When the button is clicked, the window will show as below. There are 9 time templets on the list. Step1: Click the templet on the left. Step2: Set the recording schedule time on the time table. Step3: Click [Save] button to confirm the settings. Step4: Repeat step 1 to 3 to set another Time Templet. NOTE: Double-click the item on the left you can modify the templet’s name.

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3.2.4 Record Settings Set the time schedule and the recording will start automatically. The default file length is 30 minutes. When ‘Record Settings’ button is clicked, the window will show as below.

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Step1: Select a device to record according to the schedule. Step2: Check [Enable] button. Step3: Set the recording schedule time on the time table. Step4: Select a Time Templet for each day. Step5: Click [OK] or [Apply] button to confirm the settings. Step6: Repeat step 1 to 5 to set the other devices. Step7:Click[Copy to ]to copy the schedule to other devices. 12

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3.2.5 Change Change the for the . Note: The length of the is not less than 6.

3.2.6 Local Settings This part is mainly used for local settings. Select a disk to store the recorded files and images. You can also set how long to keep the operation logs and alarm logs here. . When click ‘Local Settings’ button, the window will show as below. Note: The default disk is C:\ [Pop up the window when the alarm is triggered]: The window will pop up in front of other programs when alarm is triggered. [Scheduled recording time length]:we can choose video length of time.

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3.3 File File->Lock When click the [Lock] button, the GPI page will be locked. Then click it again, the window will show 13

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You have to key in name and to unlock it. File->Exit name and are required when logging out Milesight VMS Lite. And if the [Auto ] is checked, Milesight VMS Lite will without keying in the name and next time.

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3.4 Tool Tool-> Change Language Select the language for Milesight VMS Lite. Tool-> Log Management Log Management tool, you can search the operation logs and alarm logs based on a date. And the ’’ is enabled to perform the delete operation or export operation. Tool-> Search Tool

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Quickly search all the devices. Tool-> Now Milesight VMS Lite for free. If the VMS is not activated, the video image will show with the watermark of Milesight. After it’s been activated, the is enabled to connect the devices without the watermark.

3.5 Help Milesight VMS Lite information can be checked here.

3.6 Toolbar Add short cut icons for toolbar as below.

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1. Device Settings Please refer to 3.2.1Device Settings. 2. Display play toolbar Display or hide play toolbar. 3. Hide the PTZ Display or hide PTZ interface. 4. Fullscreen You can view the live window in full screen mode. To return to the normal screen, press [Esc] button on the keyboard. 5. Live view modes 1/ 2/ 4/ 6/ 8 / 9/ 13/ 16/ 20 / 24 / 30 / 36/ 49 /64 channels playing synchronously. 6. Lock/Unlock Lock/Unlock the Milesight VMS Lite. For details, please refer to 3.3File. 15

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Chapter IV Live view This part is mainly used for real-time video preview and polling mode setting. The first time Milesight VMS Lite is started, you should add some devices to Milesight VMS Lite. You can add the device manually or by searching devices. For details please refer to 3.2.1Device Settings->Add Device and 3.2.1Device Settings->Search Device. After the device has been added, you have to drag it to the live window to display the video. How to connect the device Step1: Select a device at 1 window. Step2: Drag and drop the device to the position in the live window. The device is connected automatically and live videos will show in the selected window. Step3: Repeat step1 to 2 to connect other devices. Note: Please make sure the device is available

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How to disconnect the device Step1: Select a device at 1 window. Step2: Right click the device name. Select [Enable], the device will be disconnected. If you want to connect again, click it again. Step3: Repeat step 1 to 2 to disconnect other devices.

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How to set the circle mode A circle mode is to show different videos for a limited time in the same live view window. Step1: Right click on the live view window and click [Carousel] will show as below.

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Figure 4.2 Step2: Click [Enable] button. Step3: Then click the device on the left, click [Add] button to add the device to the list on the right.

You can also double-click the device to add it or click [Add All] button to add all devices at a time. Step4: Double-click the device on the list to remove it from circle mode. Note: 1) [Move Up] / [Move Down] to change the polling order of the device. 2) Default Carousel Time: The default carousel time of each device is 10 seconds. 3) Time for Selected Camera: Click the device on the list to set carousel time for the device (5s at least). 4) Add 10 devices in a circle mode at most.

4.1 Device Tree Window This part is to display the added device name. Click the right mouse button will show as follow. Pop-up Menu: Device Settings Please refer to 3.2.1Device Settings. Search Device Please refer to 3.2.1Device Settings->Search Device. Device Information Please refer to 3.2.1Device Settings->Edit Device. Browsing Web Please refer to 3.2.1Device Settings->Browsing Web. Enable Connect or Disconnect the device.

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is available, is unusable, is failed to connect. 2) When the device is failed to connect successfully the first time, it will try to reconnect at an increasing intervals until it succeed. If it is failed to connect for a long time, drag it into the view to play again. You can also click the device and enable it, and then enable it again, it will connect successfully again.

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Figure 4.4 Record Speaker Snapshot Display Stop Display Zoom In Fullscreen Audio

Record manually. And this icon will turn into . Play Speaker or stop it. Take a snapshot when live-preview. Display. Stop showing the videos. Enable to zoom in on a specific area of video image with mouse wheel. You can view the live window in full screen mode. To return to the normal screen, press [Esc] button on the keyboard. Play Audio or stop it(Audio is unusable in the polling live view window)

4.3 Live view workspace This part is use for displaying the live view. Click the right mouse button will show as follow. Pop-up Menu:

Play

Display.

Stop

Stop showing the videos.

Remove

Remove the device from the live window.

Carousel

Set the live view window into a circle mode.

16:9

The original screen size can adjust to 16:9.

4:3

The original screen size can adjust to 4:3.

Resize

The original screen size.

Mute

Stop audio.

Mute All

Stop playing all the audio.

Mute Other

Stop playing other audio.

Exit Fullscreen

Return to the normal screen.

Fullscreen

You can view the live window in fullscreen mode.

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4.4 PTZ control This part is for flexibility of remote pan/tilt/zoom through operator control. It is possible to zoom in on small distant objects with exceptional clarity. The can easily track objects with high precision by using a mouse or joystick. Speed Preset Goto Set Clear Brightness Contrast Sharpness Default

PTZ rotation speed control. Select a device. Operate the selected device. Set the new device. Clear old device. A brighter scene appears if a higher level of brightness has been selected. The difference in color and light between parts of an image. Make image more sharp. The default values of Brightness/Contrast/Saturation.

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Chapter V Playback In this part, you can search and play back the recorded files of a selected IP device. When click [Playback] button, the window will show as below.

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How to replay the recorded files There are two ways to search the recorded video files. One Way is to search only by one day. And the other is to search recording files of multiple days. Details are as below. Method 1: Step1: Select which device to replay on the left, and then check it. Step2: Select a date and the file type you want to search. The File Type includes: All / Manual / Motion / Schedule. Step3: Click [Search] button. Step4: Click the file on the list and it will begin to play the recorded files.

Play toolbar Pause/Play

Pause video or resume it.

Slow down

Slow down to catch details.

Speed up

Speed up to skip some details.

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Stop

Stop play.

Snapshot

Take a snapshot when playing the file.

File Path

Open the folder of the recorded files.

Play Audio Play or stop audio.(The default state is to play audio) Zoom In

Enable to zoom in on a specific area of video image with mouse wheel.

Previous Step Forword video frame by frame. Next Step

Back video frame by frame

Color of recorded files on the list. Red

Refer to those alarm type recorded files.

Green

Refer to those manually recorded files.

Blue

Refer to those schedules recorded files.

Operative Skills Timelines will help you find the correct videos when there are too many files on the list. It's easy to zoom out the area by scrolling the mouse wheel to find exactly the incident you are looking for. Take a file near 10:00 for example, when the position of mouse is between 08:00 and 10:00, then scroll up the mouse wheel, the position of this file will show as follow. Scroll down to turn back. You can hold down the left mouse and drag the mouse left or right(between the intervals from 00:00 to 24:00) to get the exact recorded files. Begin:

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Step1: Select which device to replay on the left, and then check it. Step2: Select the start time, end time, file type, start driver and end driver you want to search. The File Type includes: All / Manual / Motion / Schedule. Step3: Click [Search] button. All the files will be listed by page and you can double-click the files to play it. or delete the files by right clicking on the list. Note: Open File: Choose to play any *.avi file.(Needn’t choose a camera first) Open Folder: Choose to play all the *.avi files under the folder. (Needn’t choose a camera first) 22

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Chapter VI Map In this part, you can add an electronic map and different cameras to the map. When click [Map] button, the window will show as below.

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6.1 Toolbar Modify

When [Modify] button is clicked, the window will show as below. Different image formats such as

bmp / gif / png /jpg are ed.

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Enlarge the picture to see more details.

Zoom Out

Zoom out of the map.

Reset

Return the map to its original size.

Delete Hot Remove the camera from the map.

6.2 Pop-up Menu Right-click the map (anywhere except the devices). A menu will pop-up as below.

Figure 6.3 Lock If the map is locked, you can do nothing with the map but zoom in or zoom out. Unlock You can do anything if the map is unlocked.

Right-click the device. A menu will pop-up as below.

Figure 6.4 Delete Remove the camera from the map. Play Live preview.

6.3 Add the hot Click the device and drag it to the E-map, then it will be added successfully. After the device has been added on the E-map, you can double click on the hot to play.

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Chapter VII Service Milesight Technology Co., Ltd provides customers with timely and comprehensive technical services. End-s can your local dealer to obtain technical . Distributors and resellers can directly with Milesight for technical . Technical Mailbox: [email protected] Web: http://www.milesight.com Online Problem Submission System: http://www.milesight.com/service/.asp Address: Room 202, No.23 Wanghai Road, 2nd Software Park, Xiamen, China Zip Code: 361006 TEL: +86-592-5922772 FAX: +86-592-5922775

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